Many Lessons in Lawang Sewu, Semarang

Online Tabloid HOUSE team is doing coverage in the four cities with the theme "Tour de Architecture". This time we visited the city of Semarang which has one of the famous buildings that are in the meeting Pandanaran Road and Street Youth, Semarang. Elongated shape of the building department with the door tightly lined up most of the longest side of the building, across the floor.

Many stories are circulating about the scary sloping building. In fact, the building is arguably the high-tech building in his time. Horror stories do exist, especially when the building was used as the headquarters of the Japanese army and its basement area used as a prison as well as the slaughter room.

This beautiful building is the brainchild of renowned Dutch architect, Prof. Jacob F. Klinkhamer and BJ Queendag. which was built in 1904 and put into use in 1907 as the NIS office. Function is as a center of private companies owned by the Dutch Railways or Nederlandsch Indishe Spoorweg Naatschappij (NIS).

Many interesting about the design. Starting from an elongated shape, and has a door that very much (although not reaching one thousand). Sewu term appears to analogize the lot number. Sewu unit in the Java language is the largest unit. A lot of doors for air circulation is intended to be smooth.

There are interesting from the design of the door. The door consists of three layers. The outer layer (which is often seen) is a folding door with a wooden lattice. Then there was a door in the middle layer "koboy" and on the inside there is a sliding door. Unfortunately, having been left empty for years, many doors are missing. Hinges are still the only remaining evidence of the existence of three layers of leaves this door.

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Joglo, Traditional House of Java

Traditional Javanese architecture, especially in Central Java, Indonesia, is more widely known by Joglo buildings. Joglo is the frame of the main building of traditional Javanese house which consists of a pillar of the four main pillars supporting the structure and arrangement of intercropping in the form of pillar supported beam.
 Joglo homes generally only owned by people who are capable of more material. This is due to the material needed to build a house Joglo a lot and is quite expensive because most of the material comes from teak wood and takes care of its own. In terms of social, Joglo form should only be considered to have prominent people mainly from the aristocracy. In addition, the building contained Joglo philosophy of the life of the Java community. 
The composition of the room in Joglo generally divided into three parts, namely the so-called pendhapa meeting room, living room or space used to hold a puppet show called pringgitan, and a back room called the palace or omah jero as the family room. In this room there are three senthong (room) that is senthong left, center and senthong senthong right.

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Book Igloo Held Together By Forces Of Nature And Knowledge

Colombian artist Miler Lagos since 2002 exhibitors and original works, such as the installation is similar to the Igloo books from the library of a base of the U.S. Navy made ​​safe. In-depth knowledge and understanding adventure, while the body in a comfortable environment, predator-free structure is maintained, this installation titled "Home" at the Gallery Magna Metz built last year. Increase the artist provided a foot 9 igloo of books which remain without being forced, together with any type of glue may be, but of course, rely on each other to form the desired structure. Pages outward show of color and white color, dynamic form, while the spines of books, the titles are directed safely inside. Missing almost half of the structure, replacing the dome-shaped pile of bricks book of books, which detects a work in progress at a time. This compact representation is inspired by this tremendous thirst for knowledge and self-made opportunity to apply that knowledge found.

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10 Cool Design Room for Teen Girl

The bedroom is a place for us to relax and tired after a day full of activities. To our relaxed atmosphere and interior should be able to make us feel good feeling to be in the room. Currently, the bedroom is not just a place to sleep, but many also a place to work, or play with our friends. Here's bedroom designs for teen girls who may be able to add your bedroom inspiration.

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Small Beautiful Kitchen Design

Small kitchen does not mean to be crude. This small kitchen, although a mini-sized, its existence remains fungtional. In other hand, only made the interior so attractive. If the house is little land for the kitchen, do not let go just like that. There could be small-sized kitchen really pretty though. For proof, look at the kitchen measuring 2.1 m x 1.8 m in this photo. Although the relatively small size, the kitchen is the dining room can accommodate also proved.




The first lock on the kitchen design solution that occupies a tiny space is the continuous manufacture of the cabinet to the ceiling. The goal that can accommodate a variety of cooking utensils and other kitchen tools. For additional storage containers, made in the cabinet and hanging rack on the other side of the kitchen wall, above the dining table area against the wall. Open shelves can be used to facilitate the display, dinner ware, or utensils that are used frequently. So no need to bother to unscrew the closet.

Is about one meter from the kitchen set dining table is placed. Measuring 160cm x 70cm table x 70cm (LxWxH) was made against the wall. Available so that adequate circulation space for people passing by in the kitchen. The design is made slim and simple. With the table legs are made of iron pipes.

White domination is also very helpful to make this kitchen feels bright and airy. If you notice, the cabinet under the kitchen set was made to drift. At the bottom is illuminated. In addition to beautify, but also to keep the kitchen easier to clean. Sufficient lighting to make the dirt more clearly visible.
How? It's been proven, right, a small kitchen does not mean not able to perform functional and optimal?

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Japanese Inspired Interiors

The Zen-like qualities of space, open floor plans, natural materials, and nature inspired neutral color palettes are Eastern civilization qualities of Japanese interiors in which we love our interiors to be infused with these same aesthetics. If you’re trying to bring Japanese inspiration into your home, here are tips to bring details into your home, which reflect this influential decor style.  If you’ve ever been attracted to the clean lines of modern and minimalistic qualities of decor and interiors, most likely that inspiration stemmed from traditional Japanese interiors.

 

In Western civilization, the tendency to place furniture closer together and in abundance is the opposite in Eastern civilization. Open spaced floor plans that keep walls to a minimum and embrace views to the exterior are a quality to bring into your home. Japanese interiors embrace nature and views, and having open floor space between furniture and the built environment around your interiors will naturally make your space feel lighter and less weighted down.

 

Bringing in authentic pieces of decor will help you quickly change your interiors into Japanese infused spaces. Consider laying down tatami straw mats on the floor to cover wide floor areas. They are a beautiful backdrop underfoot and double as attractive ways to bring in flooring texture. Shoji screens or translucent fusuma screens are the traditional rice paper screens that can be used to separate areas of a room, or are used for gorgeous backdrops in your interiors. They serve to screen out harsh light and can also be used for window treatments. Bring these decor ideas into your space to transform the lighting and to bring instant Japanese details into your interiors

 

Japanese interiors embrace natural materials such as bamboo, timber framed carpentry, and dark metals such as iron, and rock are all significant aspects of Japanese interiors. In your home consider bringing these materials into your spaces, such as the kitchen, bathroom, and main living spaces. Bamboo wood floors, accent walls made from flagstone, or river rock, and simple lines in the architecture of your home, can mimic the Japanese aesthetic for your space. Let your furniture mimic these same materials, and keep them low to the ground. Furniture that is minimalistic, simple, and has strong horizontals aspects are common for Japanese interiors.

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Nature Indoors with Ege Carpets

How cool is that? A chair and table with a unique feeling, which is probably not that hard to do, set. By Ilan Dei Studio, this amazing table SET (chairs, tables and lamps) was created to bring nature inside. Basically, this type of unique design, you only need a few logs, some places sponges and a free standing lamp, which are connected with the unusual material specially made. We have no doubt this is the kind of solution that can be done at home. Moreover, you could think of other fun items for you, using protocols such as a carved rustic shelving system could, for example. We also like how the set was constructed in the following photos and brings freshness and originality in the interior.

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